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жизнь на нее).
persuade [pq'sweId] orange ['OrIndZ] divorce [dI'vO:s]
She persuaded him that she had a duty to Michael, and then there was the
baby; she couldn't let him grow up with the burden on his young life that his
mother was a bad woman. Orange trees or no orange trees, she would never
have a moment's peace in that beautiful Italian villa if she was tortured by the
thought of Michael's unhappiness and her baby being looked after by
strangers. One couldn't only think of oneself, could one? One had to think of
others too. She was very sweet and womanly. She sometimes asked Charles
why he did not arrange a divorce with his wife and marry some nice woman.
She could not bear the thought of his wasting his life over her.
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He told her that she was the only woman (он отвечал ей, что она была
единственной женщиной) he ' had ever loved (/которую/ он когда либо любил)
and that he must go on loving her till the end (и что он будет продолжать
любить ее до самого конца).
"It seems so sad (это так грустно)," said Julia.
All the same (в любом случае) she kept her eyes open (она была начеку: «она
держала глаза открытыми»), and if she noticed (и если она замечала) that any
woman had predatory intentions on Charles (что у какой-нибудь женщины были
хищные намерения в отношении Чарльза) she took care to queer her pitch (она
делала все, чтобы подложить ей свинью; to queer smb.'s pitch — рушить чьи-
либо планы, разбивать надежды). She did not hesitate (она не мешкала) if the
danger seemed to warrant it (если опасность, казалось, подтверждалась; to
warrant — служить оправданием, выражать уверенность, ручаться) to show
herself extremely jealous (показывать свою чрезмерную ревность). It had been
long agreed (они давно договорились: «об этом уже давно было договорено»),
with all the delicacy (со всей возможной деликатностью) that might be expected
from his good breeding (которую только можно было ожидать при его
хорошем воспитании) and Julia's good heart (и добром сердце Джулии), in no
definite words (не в конкретных
сдержанных намеках) and remote allusiveness (и слабых: «удаленных»
иносказаниях), that if anything happened to Michael (что если что-нибудь
случиться с Майклом), Lady Charles should somehow or other be disposed of (то
от леди Чарльз /они/ избавятся тем или другим образом; somehow or other —
так или иначе) and they would then marry (и они затем поженятся). But
Michael had perfect health (но у Майкла было отменное здоровье).
predatory ['predqt(q)rI] queer [kwIq] allusiveness [q'lu:sIvnIs]
He told her that she was the only woman he had ever loved and that he must
go on loving her till the end.
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"It seems so sad," said Julia.
All the same she kept her eyes open, and if she noticed that any woman had
predatory intentions on Charles she took care to queer her pitch. She did not
hesitate if the danger seemed to warrant it to show herself extremely jealous.
It had been long agreed, with all the delicacy that might be expected from his
good breeding and Julia's good heart, in no definite words, but with guarded
hints and remote allusiveness, that if anything happened to Michael, Lady
Charles should somehow or other be disposed of and they would then marry.
But Michael had perfect health.
On this occasion (в этот раз: «по этому случаю») Julia had much enjoyed
lunching at Hill Street (Джулия просто таки наслаждалась ланчем на Хилл-
стрит). The party had been very grand (прием был просто великолепным). Julia
had never encouraged Charles (Джулия никогда не поощряла Чарльза) to
entertain any of the actors or authors (оказывать гостеприимство актерам или
писателям) he sometimes came across (с которыми он иногда встречался:
«пересекался»), and she was the only person there (и она была единственной
среди присутствующих: «единственным человеком там») who had ever had to